半はん倍ばい数すう性せい

noun

haplodiploidy

Technical term in genetics and entomology for a sex-determination system where males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, while females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.

• ミツバチの性せい決けっ定ていは半はん倍ばい数すう性せいによる。

  Sex determination in honeybees is based on haplodiploidy.